Chapter 408: Legend of the Journey to the West: Resolving Calamity

Mu Yi, back in the main world, utilized the nature of the land of reincarnation to quickly digest the divinity and special experiences brought by many evil gods.

It's a pity these evil gods only left fragmented souls and bodies; the power they gave Mu Yi was limited, merely perfecting two reincarnation paths.

「Zongwang Prompt: Heavenly Human Path lv4 → Heavenly Human Path lv5」

「Zongwang Prompt: Your professional level has risen to level 37! 」

「Zongwang Prompt: Human Path lv4 → Human Path lv5」

「Zongwang Prompt: Your professional level has risen to level 38! 」

As becoming an immortal god drew nearer, Mu Yi clenched his fists; risk indeed came with opportunity. After this journey, though he accompanied many evil gods, the rewards were also considerable.

Just as Mu Yi was summing up his gains, his mind suddenly stirred, sensing an extraterrestrial visitor.

Moreover, the target landing point was on Mount Kunlun.

When Mu Yi returned to his mansion, he looked up and saw a monk standing outside, as still as a statue.

「Amitabha, the poor monk has greeted the heavenly sovereign! 」 The monk bowed to Mu Yi with extreme courtesy.

「Explain your intention! 」

Mu Yi didn't take a liking to the monk, but it wasn't to the point of shouting for a fight.

「Buddha sent me here; please, benefactor, escort me to the Western Heaven to seek the scriptures! 」

After hearing the monk's words, Mu Yi was stunned for a moment.

「Are you Jin Chanzi? 」

「I am Jin Chanzi, but Jin Chanzi is not me! 」 The monk nodded, then shook his head.

「Hiss! 」 Mu Yi sized up the Jin Chanzi before him, then nodded.

He understood; the Jin Chanzi before him was not the native Jin Chanzi of Jiuzhou, but a Jin Chanzi from some lower world.

Just like the problem faced by Guan Sheng Dijun, to become a true Buddha equal to the sovereign, Jin Chanzi also needs to pass a difficult gate.

Each time the native Jiuzhou Jin Chanzi completes the Journey to the West anew, he draws one step closer to the true Buddha.

「You should know, the one escorting you to the Western Heaven for the scriptures is someone else! 」

Jin Chanzi remained silent for a while, then spoke.

「Gone! 」

「Gone? What does that mean? 」 Mu Yi was somewhat puzzled.

「That's exactly what it means: a batch of Zongwang visitors disrupted the order of our world, disturbed causality in an unknown time, causing a great chaos; the Victorious Fighting Buddha of our world has still not appeared! 」

Jin Chanzi explained helplessly, plans never keep up with changes; no one anticipated such a bizarre event.

A group of extraterrestrial visitors insisted on causing trouble for the Candle Dragon, and with their decent strength they drew the Candle Dragon's true spirit down to the lower realm, then time ran wild, and heaven and earth fell into chaos.

Although it is already the 21st year of the Zhenguan Era, the Monkey King of Flower Fruit Mountain has not yet been born; he has here completed his nine reincarnations in order, but the Journey to the West is stuck here.

Know that to reenact the Journey to the West once, he would need to spend a considerable amount of incense merit; missing the Zhenguan year, his earlier investment would all go to waste.

Even if he is a disciple of the Buddha, he cannot squander it like this.

「Why seek me? 」

Mu Yi pinched his chin and asked.

「Buddha's decree; I too am unaware! 」

Jin Chanzi's face also showed some bewilderment, but he can only obey the Buddha now; otherwise he truly could not find a suitable substitute.

「Because of Zongwang came chaos, so again by Zongwang comes peace? 」

Mu Yi thought, and indeed that is possible; cause and effect are still mysterious, at least so far he only understands a superficial aspect of it.

「This is the Reincarnation Platform, to be taken as a deposit; please, Heavenly Sovereign, lend me your strength, and after the Journey to the West I will present twelve merit relics! 」

Jin Chanzi said, producing a small seal platform and handing it to Mu Yi.

「Hiss, good stuff! 」

Mu Yi felt somewhat moved; merely holding it in his hand resonated with the Six Paths of Reincarnation—absolutely a good thing.

「Since the master shows such sincerity, I will then accompany the master! 」

Flipping his hand to take the item, Mu Yi accepted Jin Chanzi's commission with a smiling gaze.

【Legend of the Journey to the West: Resolving Calamity】

Mission Scene: Extra-large

Mission Minimum Level Limit: Level 30

Mission Recommended Challenge Level: Level 30

Mission Description:

In the 13th year of the Zhenguan Era, Tang Xuanzang set out from the Eastern Tang, intending to go to the Western Heaven's Spirit Mountain to seek the true scriptures and Buddhist Dharma.

However, the Journey to the West is long; monsters and ghosts gather, and the appointed Victorious Fighting Buddha has not yet appeared, making the Journey to the West even more bleak.

Mission Reward: Twelve Merit Relics (Level 40 Divine Quality)

ps: Warning, this map will spawn a large number of divine units.

ps: In this world, carrying out large-scale killing and other evil acts will be jointly hated by the Jiuzhou faction, easily provoking unknown strong ones to pursue.

ps: Warning, this mission will provoke hostility from a small number of divine units.

「After thinking carefully, I actually seem somewhat similar to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven; Heavenly Court, Underworld, and Spirit Mountain can all summon people, and I also have a bit of background. 」

Mu Yi rubbed his chin; after this journey, even the final flaw can be made up; in a sense, this is also his path to godhood?

After Jin Chanzi finished explaining the task, he left directly, informing Mu Yi to go to the mission world in eighteen days, and to escort him off at the Two Worlds Mountain.

Mu Yi took this opportunity to fuse the Reincarnation Platform into the Reincarnation Barrier.

Just as he felt, this item is indeed related to the Six Paths of Reincarnation; it is made by gathering a wisp of the origin of reincarnation, able to strengthen the Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier's strength, akin to an array eye.

【Reincarnation Platform】

Item Level: 40

Quality: Sacred

Type: Rare Artifact

Special Effect:

1. Reincarnation Origin: Enhances all effects related to reincarnation abilities.

2. Reincarnation Extinction: Consumes the Reincarnation Origin contained within the Reincarnation Platform to deliver a powerful strike that inflicts the Extinction effect on a designated area.

Extinction: Ignores physical, magical, and sacred defenses, dealing full damage directly.

ps: The suffering of reincarnation, the suffering of all beings—Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

……

Eighteen days passed in an instant, and Mu Yi vaguely entered the mission world.

The network instantly teleported him to the vicinity of Two Realms Mountain; not sensing Golden Cicada's presence, Mu Yi began to wait.

While idling, Mu Yi reached out to perform a quick calculation; what started as a casual act caused his brows to knit.

Heavenly mechanisms were chaotic; nothing could be computed.

Yet through the firmament, Mu Yi saw several stars clustering together—the dominant Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper, now radiating a brilliance imperceptible to mortals, while a wandering planet streaked across the sky.

"This…"

Mu Yi's fingers twitched as he calculated, yet he could not derive anything; however, he vaguely sensed that this situation would not be the smooth, rescue‑seeking journey he had imagined before.

Just as Mu Yi was deep in thought, a faint flute tone drifted through the air, followed by countless mournful wails of ghosts, as if echoing from the netherworld.

"Bang!"

A bird was struck by the flute's attack, its head exploding and shattering, falling from midair as its body burst apart.

Mu Yi looked toward a shadowed spot; the source of the flute lay there.

Yet he could not see through the shadow, as if something blocked his sight.

"Interesting, interesting, I didn't expect that Golden Cicada fellow to have recruited others!"

Hearing this, Mu Yi was somewhat surprised; the other's words revealed much information.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Mo Fei! I was sent by Golden Cicada to escort him westward!"

From the shadows emerged a gaunt yet strikingly handsome figure, whose gender was hard to discern, holding a flute that emitted the faint melody.

As he manifested, countless plum blossoms burst from the ground; the land that had withered under the flute's onslaught suddenly teemed with vibrant life, the earth carpeted with bright red plum blossoms.

The dazzling plum blossoms spread to Mu Yi's feet, as if a hundred‑mile radius had become a sea of blossoms.

"You are qualified, you have the right to walk alongside me!" the man named Mo Fei nodded approvingly, as if acknowledging Mu Yi's strength.

"Heh heh heh, then let's see if you're worthy!"

Mu Yi raised his hand, a scarlet sea of blood spreading from his feet, engulfing the blossom sea, then surging toward Mo Fei.

"Why endure this!"

Mo Fei placed the flute to his lips and gently blew, producing a more terrifying tone; the blood sea roiled, unable to approach Mo Fei's vicinity.

"Troublesome fellow!" Mo Fei's display left Mu Yi momentarily stunned.

He grew even more wary of the hidden dangers of this westward journey.

"Then, how about this!"

The blood sea churned, turning into countless scarlet blood flames that burned between heaven and earth; the ubiquitous plum blossoms were instantly ignited, transforming into fire dragons that surged toward Mo Fei.

"Interesting, interesting, truly fascinating!"

Mo Fei set the flute aside, swirled his sleeves, and a scroll slipped from his hand, instantly enveloping a ten‑mile radius and transporting them to another world.

"Ten‑Thousand Plum Blossom Diagram, I invite you to appraise it!" Mo Fei plucked a plum blossom, elegantly inhaling its fragrance.

Endless plum blossoms materialized out of thin air, colliding with the omnipresent blood flames.

Even as the plum blossoms wilted before the blood flames, the flames could advance no further, as if only plum blossoms remained between heaven and earth.

Even Mu Yi's vision became lost amid the endless plum blossoms.

"What a pity, it's useless to me!"

Mu Yi whispered, reaching a finger into the blossom sea; the fingertip, imbued with celestial divine essence, directly struck the formation eye of the Ten‑Thousand Plum Blossom Diagram.

In the next instant, the sky‑filled plum blossoms shattered, leaving only the blood flames to spread across heaven and earth.

"……" Mo Fei stood in the void, his previously relaxed expression gone; he stared at his charred garment edge, his complexion looking rather grim.

"It seems you lack the qualification to walk alongside me!"

Mu Yi looked at the suspended Mo Fei, furrowed his brows, and deliberately taunted.

The opponent's strength was formidable; he had never heard of such a person, no wonder Golden Cicada—or rather the Buddha—had commissioned him; he had indeed underestimated them.

"Both of you, please grant this humble monk a thin favor and set aside your prejudices!"

As Mu Yi and Mo Fei faced off, Golden Cicada appeared between them, chanting a Buddha's name to halt their conflict.

Yet Mo Fei and Mu Yi simultaneously narrowed their eyes.

Mo Fei's red robe swirled like a crimson cloud, countless plum blossoms tinged with silver spears shot toward Golden Cicada, a dazzling red‑and‑silver display that dazzled yet concealed lethal intent.

"Benefactor, you have become attached!"

Golden Cicada pressed his palms together; Buddha light radiated from behind his head, instantly nullifying all of Mo Fei's attacks.

Mo Fei frowned and halted his assault; such pure Buddha light—was his earlier perception merely an illusion?

Mu Yi, without hesitation, drew the Great Summer Dragon Sparrow Blade and slashed at Golden Cicada.

"Amitabha, benefactor, why not lay down the killing blade and attain Buddhahood on the spot!"

Golden Cicada chanted a Buddha's name, calmly extended his palm, and a massive Buddha hand formed of Buddha light struck toward Mu Yi.

The blade flash sliced the giant Buddha hand, shattering it instantly; Golden Cicada's expression shifted slightly, and his form flickered, reappearing elsewhere.

"Tsk, how did you guys find out? Clearly my imitation was spot on!" Jin Chanzi's form shifted, turning into a person wearing a ferocious, grotesque evil ghost mask standing before the two of them.

"Painting the skin is easy, but painting the bone is hard; the Buddhist aura on Jin Chanzi is something you cannot imitate!" Mu Yi said plainly.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Jingliuyun, I accepted Jin Chanzi's commission to escort him westward as a member!" Jingliuyun introduced with a cheerful laugh.

"That Jin Chanzi is a nasty piece of work; I originally thought this trip would be an easy job, but it looks like the three of us..."

"Cough cough cough... and also me..."

A fit of coughing sounded, and countless copper coins floated in the sky, all bronze coins, their number immeasurable, falling like the sea of plum blossoms just now.

A middle-aged, thin man clad in a thick fur coat appeared before the three like a wealthy gentleman, his face expressionless, merely coughing lightly, as if a person plagued by serious illness.

But just with that move of scattering money across the sky, nobody dared to underestimate the opponent.

"I am Shen Wanqian, I have met the three of you, fellow Daoists!"

The four stood in silent confrontation, but in their hearts they all frowned, secretly cursing Jin Chanzi as an unreliable bastard.

In the conversation, they avoided the main point, originally thinking they would replace Sun Wukong as the muscle of the scripture-seeking team, but now looking at the situation, perhaps the entire Journey to the West team has run into trouble.

One problem could be called an accident, but with so many people having problems, it's likely there's a major issue at the root.

Just as the four were confronting each other, a monk clambered over the ridge and came into their sight.

"Ah~!"

Upon seeing the four, the monk's first reaction was actually to turn and run.

Mu Yi pointed, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier unfurled outward, sweeping the monk before him.

The other three had originally planned to attack, but Mu Yi got the jump on them; they looked at him with slight wariness, his strength unfathomable, absolutely not to be underestimated.

"Are you Tang Xuanzang?" Mu Yi asked, looking at the monk before him who bore a three-tenths resemblance to Jin Chanzi.

"I am the monk Xuanzang!" the monk said, although a little flustered, he still calmly clasped his hands in a bow, sensing that Mu Yi seemed to harbor no ill will toward him.